Inking-pad



(No Model.)

B. B. HILL.

IN KIN G PAD.

No. 332,395. Patented Dec. 15, 1885..

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BENJAMIN B. HILL, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.-

l-NKlNG-PAD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 332,395, dated December 15, 1885.

A plication filed May 10, 1884. Serial No. 130,978. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN B. HILL, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Inking-Pads, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to that class of inkingpads usually provided with a case having a rack for holding the stamps; and it consists in the peculiar combinations, construction, and arrangement of parts, hereinafter more particularly described, and then pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of one of my pads and rack in a closed condition. Fig. 2 is a vertical sec tion through the center, and Fig. 3 isa vertical section of a modification of the base.

A represents the base of the case, provided with a recess, in which may be secured an inking-pad, B, of any construct-ion; but I prefer the kind hereinafter described. At each side is a ledge or shoulder, O, which may either extend all along the sides or may be in the corners only, which ledge is sufficiently above the pad 13 to form a resting-place for a shallow pan or receptacle, D, in which a second pad, B, is secured. Above this pad is a cover, E, having a standard, F, and a rack, G, which are secured together by the rod H, having its lower end screw-threaded to fit a female thread in the cover, and its upper end provided with a shoulder, I, to secure the parts together, as shown, and having ahandle, J, by which the cover may be conveniently lifted from the base when it is desired to use the pad.

As before stated, any kind of pad may be used with my case and rack; but the pad I prefer is a great improvement over that commonly used, and it consists of a layer of a ge latinous composition, Ksuch as that used for making printers rollers, or that of which hectographs or other copying-pads are formed and is covered with a thin layer of fibrous material, L, which may be of cloth, paper, or similar material. The pad thus formed will be found to retain the ink well and give off the ink for a long time, and will be found to be very superior to the ordinary cushion-pad, as the gelatinous layer will be found to be very elastic,while the covering of fibrous material helps to absorb the ink when first applied and prevents its giving out too rapidly. It will be observed that by this construction I can have two or more pads having different-colored inks inclosed in the same case, either of which may be readily used,so as to allow of the operator using diiterentlycolored inks for different purposes, and that by the use of a packing-ring, as shown at M, the pads will be kept comparatively free from atmospheric influences, and hence will not dry out as soon asthe ordinary pads, for the weight of the cover and the rack and the pads resting on it will press the rim of the cover down upon the packing M, and thus prevent the access of air. Besides serving as a means of holding the pad composition, it will be seen that the receptacle forms a guide for the cover to prevent its slipping off.

Instead of one of the pads being madeinthe base, as above described, theledge or shoulder C may be dispensed with and another receptacle, D, may be used, as shown in Fig. 3. If necessary, the recess in the base may be made deep enough to contain three or more pads; or it may be made to contain only a single padreceptacle, which, being separated from the base, may be readily changed for another padreceptacle should the color be exhausted or if a different color is needed; but I prefer that the base contain two or more receptacles, for reasons above given.

I do not claim to be inventorof a combined rack and base having amovable receptacle for the pad, as I am aware that pad-receptacles have been made in the form of a drawer to draw out of a base supporting a rack; but I consider my device essentially different from this. I am also aware that hand-stamps have been provided with pad-receptacles designed to be permanently attached to the bases or some essential part of the stamp in such a manner as not to be adapted for readily changing onepad for another; and I am also aware that a pad receptacle has been provided with detached covers to receive pads formed of wooden blocks covered with felt, and make no claim to either movable cover, Ej' in combination with two of these constructions, as they are essentially pads contained within said base, one of which different from mine. is in a removable receptacle, substantially as What I claim as new is described. 1. A case for inking-pads, consisting of the base A and removable cover E, carrying the rack G and handle J, in combination with the 1.884. v removable pad-receptacle D, substantially as BENJAMIN B. HILL. described. Witnesses:

2. Acase forinking-pads, consisting of the CHAS. H. J. CHORMANN, base having a ledge or shoulder, O, and a re- WILLIAM C. STOEVER.

In testimony whereof I affix my signaturefin presence of two witnesses, this 9th day of May, v 

